Event #26: $25,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2025 World Series of Poker

06-07-2025 17:41 UTC-8

Theologis Doubles

Robert Jones

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joey Weissman raised to 11,000 from the button, and Alexandros Theologis went all in from the small blind for 66,000. Eric Bonin called from the big blind, and Weissman folded.

Alexandros Theologis: A♦Q♠ All in
Eric Bonin: K♦Q♣

The ace high of Theologis was good on the board of 9♣7♣3♥7♥2♦.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Weissman	625,000 55,000	55,000

Alexandros Theologis	150,000 100,000	100,000
Eric Bonin	130,000 130,000	130,000

Tags: Alexandros Theologis Eric Bonin Joey Weissman

06-07-2025 17:40 UTC-8

Hynam Gets Aces at the Right Time

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Clemen Deng committed his last 60,000 or so into the middle from early position with Mitchell Hynam making the call from the blinds to try and bust him.

Clemen Deng: A♠J♠ All in
Mitchell Hynam: A♥A♦

Deng was going to have to come from way behind to crack the bullets of Hynam. The board ran out 2♦6♥3♥Q♥J♥ to leave Deng drawing dead by the turn, and Hynam dragged in the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mitchell Hynam	590,000 440,000	440,000
Clemen Deng	Busted

Tags: Clemen Deng Mitchell Hynam

06-07-2025 17:26 UTC-8

He Folds to Badziakouski

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Mikita Badziakouski raised to 10,000 from the hijack and only Yifu He called out of the big blind.

He checked his option on the Q♥Q♠4♥ flop, and Badziakouski bet 6,000. He quickly called.

The turn came the 8♠ and he checked again. Badziakouski fired a second barrel of 30,000, which was enough to get a fold from He.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yifu He	380,000 130,000	130,000
Mikita Badziakouski	165,000 165,000	165,000

Tags: Mikita Badziakouski Yifu He

06-07-2025 17:21 UTC-8

Liu Finds a Double

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Robert Jones

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

John Brooks opened to 13,000 from the button, and Ping Liu went all in from the big blind for 69,000. Brooks made the call.

Ping Liu: A♣J♠ All in
John Brooks: A♥10♥

The runout of 9♠6♣2♠8♣8♥ was clean for Liu, chipping up slightly under the starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
John Brooks	165,000 60,000	60,000
Ping Liu	145,000 145,000	145,000

Tags: John Brooks Ping Liu

06-07-2025 17:14 UTC-8

Some of the Recent Eliminations

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Dylan Linde	Busted

Aleks Dimitrov	Busted

Kai Cohen	Busted
Zachary Grech	Busted

Scott Margereson	Busted
Krasimir Yankov	Busted
John Hennigan	Busted

Julien Sitbon	Busted

Phil Ivey	Busted

Dario Sammartino	Busted
Danny Tang	Busted

Nicholas Go	Busted
Patrick Leonard	Busted

Christopher Puetz	Busted
Taylor Black	Busted
Nick Schulman	Busted

Miguel Capriles	Busted
Justin Zaki	Busted
Chris Hunichen	Busted

Santhosh Suvarna	Busted

Randal Heeb	Busted

Neil Warren	Busted
Daniel Lee	Busted
Mikita Badziakouski	Busted

06-07-2025 17:07 UTC-8

Seidel Finds Double

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Robert Jones

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Joshua Mccully opened from under the gun, Erik Seidel called as next to act, and then Yunkyu Song reraised to 28,000 right behind Seidel. Mccully folded and Seidel made the call.

The flop came K♦Q♦10♠, Seidel checked, Song bet 18,000, Seidel raised to 70,000, Song forced Seidel all in for roughly double that, and Seidel made the call.

Erik Seidel: K♠Q♠ All in
Yunkyu Song: A♠K♥

The runout of 6♦5♥ was no help for Song, and Seidel found the full double-up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yunkyu Song	350,000 20,000	20,000
Erik Seidel	335,000 185,000	185,000

Tags: Erik Seidel Joshua Mccully Yunkyu Song

06-07-2025 17:07 UTC-8

Weissman Busts Shorr

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Tim Baker

Level 6 : Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Arriving at the table to see Shannon Shorr all-in and at risk preflop against Joey Weissman.

Shannon Shorr: J♣J♦ All in
Joey Weissman: Q♥Q♠

Shorr's jacks were piped by one as the dealer spread out the 4♦A♣7♦ flop, improving neither player. The remainder of the runout came 6♦10♥, prompting Shorr to tap the table and head for the nearest exit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joey Weissman	680,000 252,000	252,000

Shannon Shorr	Busted

Tags: Joey Weissman Shannon Shorr

Level: 6

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

06-07-2025 16:52 UTC-8

Fei Gives Sammartino Some Advice

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Tim Baker

Level 5 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Mamad Arani made it 8,000 to go from middle position before Wesley Fei three-bet to 26,000 from the cutoff. Dario Sammartino four-bet to 56,000 on the button, prompting a fold from Arani. Fei five-bet jammed for 164,000, and Sammartino called after getting an exact count from the dealer.

Wesley Fei: J♥J♠ All in
Dario Sammartino: 10♥10♠

Upon seeing the cards, Fei commented to Sammartino and the table, "That's a fold", indicating to that Sammartino should have folded his pocket tens.

The board ran out 4♠6♥4♣K♦3♥ keeping Fei's jacks ahead, and he doubled up through Sammartino.

While collecting his newly earned chips, Fei again mentioned to Sammartino that he should have folded, to which Sammartino remained silent and just smiled.